The 1978–79 2. Bundesliga season was the fifth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. It was played in two regional divisions, Nord and Süd.
Bayer Leverkusen, TSV 1860 Munich and Bayer Uerdingen were promoted to the Bundesliga while Westfalia Herne, FC St. Pauli, Wacker 04 Berlin, FC Hanau 93, FC Augsburg, KSV Baunatal and Borussia Neunkirchen were relegated to the Oberligas.
Nord For the 1978–79 season saw DSC Wanne-Eickel, Holstein Kiel, Viktoria Köln and Wacker 04 Berlin promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga and Amateurligas while FC St. Pauli had been relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Nord from the Bundesliga.
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Top scorers The league's top scorers:2. Bundesliga 1978/1979 Nord Torschützenliste Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 8 November 2015 Goals Player Team28 Karl-Heinz MödrathFortuna Köln23 Matthias BrückenBayer Leverkusen Dieter SchatzschneiderHannover 96 Gerd-Volker SchockVfL Osnabrück Winfried StradtAlemannia Aachen22 Wolfgang LüttgesBayer Uerdingen21 Elmar JürgensPreußen Münster16 Klaus BeverungenFC St. Pauli/Westfalia Herne15 Klaus-Dieter CzizewskiViktoria Köln Norbert LückeDSC Wanne-Eickel Frank MillRot-Weiss Essen Peter SzechBayer Leverkusen
Süd For the 1978–79 season saw Borussia Neunkirchen, FC Hanau 93, MTV Ingolstadt and SC Freiburg promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Amateurligas and 1. FC Saarbrücken and TSV 1860 Munich relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Süd from the Bundesliga.
League table
Results
Top scorers The league's top scorers:2. Bundesliga 1978/1979 Süd Torschützenliste Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 8 November 2015 Goals Player Team33 Eduard KirschnerSpVgg Fürth24 Uwe SommererSpVgg Bayreuth23 Karl AllgöwerStuttgarter Kickers20 Paul DörflingerSC Freiburg19 Franz GerberTSV 1860 Munich Walter KrauseKickers Offenbach Werner SeubertVfR Wormatia Worms18 Rainer Künkel1. FC Saarbrücken17 Hermann BitzKickers Offenbach16 Raimund KrauthKarlsruher SC
Promotion play-offs The final place in the Bundesliga was contested between the two runners-up in the Nord and Süd divisions. Bayer Uerdingen won on aggregate and were promoted to the Bundesliga.Relegation Bundesliga 1978/1979 Weltfussball.de – Promotion round, retrieved 8 November 2015
References
External links 2. Bundesliga 1978/1979 Nord at Weltfussball.de 2. Bundesliga 1978/1979 Süd at Weltfussball.de 1978–79 2. Bundesliga at kicker.de